Method for the preparation of high-content NaY molecular sieves synthesized from kaolin sprayed microspheres

ABSTRACT

A method for synthesizing high-content NaY molecular sieves with kaolin sprayed microspheres is provided, comprising that functional components and deionized water are added into the kaolin so as to be pulped mixed slurry, and the slurry is sprayed into microspheres, the sprayed microspheres are calcined at a temperature between 700 and 1,000° C. and the obtained is mixed up with directing agent for crystallization, the resultant solid is filtrated from mother liquid and washed by water. The functional components include structural agents, and the addition of the agents is about 2˜10 percent by mass of the kaolin; the structural agents are one or more of starch, graphite powder, and carboxymenthyl cellulose. Alternatively according to the present invention, one part of the sprayed microspheres with particle sizes of 20˜110 μm is calcined at high temperature to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres, while the other part is calcined at a low temperature to get meta kaolin microspheres. The two parts are mixed up for crystallization reaction in hydrothermal conditions to get a crystallized product containing 40 to 60 weight percent of NaY molecular sieves, and the ratio of silicon to aluminum therein is 3.5˜5.5.

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a method of preparation of oil refining catalyst, more specifically to a method for preparation of high content NaY molecular sieves synthesized from kaolin sprayed microspheres, that is a method taking kaolin sprayed microspheres as the raw material to synthesize NaY molecular sieves by in-situ crystallization. The crystallized product synthesized by this method can be used as the precursor for the preparation of catalytic cracking catalysts.

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

NaY molecular sieves are generally synthesized from alkaline silicon-aluminum gel system. The raw materials are generally water glass, aluminum sulfate, sodium meta-aluminate, and directing agent. The molecular sieves synthesized with these materials are characterized by high content of molecular sieves and high silicon/aluminum ratio. Different modification methods enable them to have diversified reaction characteristics. NaY molecular sieves are the major source of the active components in the field of catalytic cracking. A new NaY molecular sieve synthesis method, i.e., the kaolin in-situ crystallization method, was firstly developed in the 1970s. The in-situ crystallization zeolite technologies disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 3,506,594, U.S. Pat. No. 3,503,900, and U.S. Pat. No. 3,647,718 take kaolin as the raw material for simultaneous preparation of active component and matrix, wherein FCC catalysts obtained by in-situ crystallization are called kaolin-based catalysts. The main preparation process thereof is as follows: the kaolin is spayed into microspheres fit for Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit, the microspheres undergo calcinations and a partial of them are subsequently transformed into NaY molecular sieves in alkali system, then they are prepared into FCC catalyst after modification. Compared to the FCC catalyst prepared by semi-synthesis technology with the gel-synthesized Y-type molecular sieves as active component, the kaolin-based FCC catalyst has the advantages of stronger resistance to heavy metal, higher activity, excellent hydrothermal stability and structural stability.

In the early phase, meta-kaolin microspheres are generally used for synthesizing NaY molecular sieves. UK1271450 provides a description that kaolin is calcined into meta-kaolin at temperature of below 704° C., and then the obtained is reacted with sodium silicate to synthesize Y zeolite. U.S. Pat. No. 3,377,006 gives a description to synthesize Y zeolite with specially fine meta kaolin powder.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,367,886, U.S. Pat. No. 3,367,887, U.S. Pat. No. 3,506,594, U.S. Pat. No. 3,647,718, U.S. Pat. No. 3,657,154, U.S. Pat. No. 3,663,165, and U.S. Pat. No. 3,932,268 put forward that, in the in-situ crystallized product prepared with kaolin calcined at high temperature of greater than 900° C. (hereafter called kaolin calcined), the Y zeolite has a high ratio of silicon to aluminum, but the crystallinity is less than 30%, generally between 20% and 30%.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,493,902 provides a process for the production of a crystallized product with high content of zeolite using microspheres with the coexistence of meta kaolin, kaolin calcined and crystal seeds in a same microsphere. The crystallinity of the crystallized product is greater than 40%. However, U.S. Pat. No. 4,493,902 process places high requirements on the raw materials for spray shaping: the raw materials should be super fine kaolin calcined Satone No. 22 and super fine raw kaolin clay ASP□600. The super fine materials are very expensive and are not convenient to purchase in the market.

EP369629 provides a description to increase the microsphere's pore volume by increasing fine powder kaolin calcined, so as to increase the zeolite content in the microsphere. It can increase the crystallinity of the products to 70%. But the super fine powder of kaolin calcined is very expensive, and there exists a lot of kaolin calcined with low adhesive property in the sprayed microspheres, therefore the microspheres are of poor attrition resistance.

CN1232862 provides a method for the preparation of high-content in-situ crystallized molecular sieve, but the pore structure of the crystallized product prepared by this method is not ideal and it affects the selectivity for heavy oil and coke.

CN1429883 provides a preparation method of in-situ crystallized product with high content of molecular sieves possessing strong resistance to heavy metals. The specific surface areas of the examples show that the method failed to achieve the objective of inceasing the molecular sieve content in the crystallized products.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The objective of this invention is to provide crystallized products with high content of zeolite by in-situ crystallization process using kaolin sprayed microspheres as raw materials.

This invention provides a method for preparation of high-content NaY molecular sieves synthesized from kaolin sprayed microspheres, comprising the steps of:

adding functional components and deionized water into kaolin clay so as to be pulped into mixed slurry;

spraying and drying the mixed slurry to get kaolin sprayed microspheres;

calcining and mixing said kaolin sprayed microspheres with directing agent for crystallization, collecting solid products by filtration and further washing filtrated solid products by deionized water and drying the same to obtain a final in-situ crystallized product with high content of molecular sieves;

characterized in that said functional components comprise structural additives in an amount of about 2 to 10 percent by mass of the kaolin, and said structural additives are one or more of starch, graphite powder, and carboxymenthyl cellulose(s).

The solid content of kaolin in the said mixed slurry is about 30˜50 weight %, and the particle diameter of the kaolin sprayed microsphere obtained by spraying and drying is about 20˜110 μm.

According to the present invention, the functional components also include bonding agent and mineralizer. Said kaolin including soft kaolin, hard kaolin and coal gangue in the median diameter of about 2.3˜3.5 μm has more than 80 wt % of crystal kaolin, less than 1.7 wt % of ferric oxide, and less than 0.5 wt % of the total of sodium oxide and potassium oxide.

According to this invention, said bonding agents include sodium silicate, silica sol, aluminum sol, the pseudoboehmite and the mixture thereof in an amount of 5˜17% based on the mass of the kaolin.

The mineralizer of this invention includes sodium hydroxide in an amount of 1˜1.5% based on the mass of the kaolin.

The directing agent used in this invention has mole ratios of (14-16)SiO₂:(0.7-1.3)Al₂O₃:(14-16)Na₂O:(300-330)H₂O.

On the one hand, the kaolin according to the method of the present invention is sprayed into microspheres, then the microspheres undergoes calcination at temperature between 700 and 1000□ for 1˜3 hours, sodium silicate, directing agent, sodium hydroxide solution and deionized water are subsequently incorporated in to form a solid-liquid mixture, the obtained mixture is crystallized at 90˜95° C. for 16˜36 hours, the resultant solid was filtrated to remove the mother liquid and washed with deionized water till the pH less than 10.5, and dried so as to obtain an in-situ crystallized product of kaolin microspheres containing 40˜60 wt % of NaY molecular sieves.

On the other hand, a part of the kaolin microspheres according to the method of the present invention undergoes calcination at a temperature between 920 and 1000° C. for 1 to 3 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres, the other part of said kaolin microspheres is calcined at a temperature between 700 and 900° C. for 1˜3 hours to get meta kaolin microspheres. The both parts of kaolin microspheres mentioned above are mixed, and sodium silicate, directing agent, sodium hydroxide solution and deionized water are subsequently incorporated in to form solid-liquid mixture, the obtained mixture is crystallized at 90˜95° C. for 16˜36 hours, the resultant solid products are filtrated to remove the mother liquid, washed with deionized water till the pH reaches less than 10.5, and dried so as to obtain an in-situ crystallized product of kaolin microspheres containing 40˜60 wt % of NaY molecular sieves and the ratio of silicon to aluminum therein being 3.5˜5.5.

In another word, the specific technical embodiment to achieve this invention is described hereinafter.

The deionized water is added into the raw kaolin clay, mixed up and pulped into slurry, then the functional components, also called additives, which include bonding agent, mineralizer, dispersant, structural agent, are added in. In the aforementioned additives, the bonding agent and mineralizer can be any well-known additives, for example, the bonding agent can be sodium silicate, silicate sol, aluminum sol, pseudoboehmite or the mixture thereof, with the addition of said bonding agents being at an amount of 5 to 17 percent by mass of the kaolin, and the bonding agents mainly function to promote the attrition resistance of the catalyst, and some of them simultaneously act as dispersant. The mineralizer in an amount of 1 to 1.5 percent by mass of the kaolin comprises sodium hydroxide, and it mainly functions to promote calcining effect of the sprayed microspheres. The structural agent in an amount of 2 to 10 percent by mass of the kaolin includes starch, graphite powder, carboxymenthyl cellulose and the mixture thereof, and structural agent mainly functions to improve the pore structures of the kaolin sprayed microspheres. The Na₂O, Al₂O₃, SiO₂ and the like in aforementioned additives also take part in the in-situ crystallizing reaction. The kaolin clay includes soft kaolin, hard kaolin and coal gangue, of which the median diameter is about 2.3 to 3.5 μm, the content of the crystal kaolin is greater than 80 wt %, ferric oxide is present in an amount of less than 1.7 wt %, and the total of sodium oxide and potassium oxide is less than 0.5 wt %.

The foregoing additives and kaolin slurry are mixed up so as to be prepared into mixed slurry with 30˜50 wt % of the solid, upon spraying and drying, sprayed microspheres (abbreviated as SM) with particle sizes from 20 to 110 microns are obtained. The SMs are calcined at 700˜1000° C. for 1˜3 hours, sodium silicate, directing agent, sodium hydroxide solution, and deionized water are then added, the obtained solid-liquid mixture is crystallized at 90˜95° C. for 16˜36 hours. The resultant solid product is filtrated to remove the mother liquid and the filtrated solid products are further washed by deionized water till the pH r less than 10.5. After drying, an in-situ crystallized product of kaolin microspheres containing 40˜60 wt % NaY molecular sieves can be obtained.

The SMs can be alternatively divided into two parts, one part of the SMs is calcined at temperature between 920 and 1000° C. for 1˜3 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres (abbreviated as SC), and the other part of the SMs is calcined at a temperature between 700 and 900° C. for 1˜3 hours to get meta kaolin microspheres (abbreviated as SP).

The sodium silicate, directing agent, sodium hydroxide solution, and deionized water are added into SC and/or SP. The directing agents according to the present invention are not specifically limited, and those well-known in this field can serve the purpose, for example, the directing agent can be composed by: (14-16)SiO₂:(0.7-1.3)Al₂O₃:(14-16)Na₂O:(300-330)H₂O (mole ratio). The concentration of the sodium hydroxide in this invention is about 14˜18 wt %, and that of sodium silicate is about 15˜25 wt %. The aforementioned reactants are crystallized at 90˜95° C. for 16˜36 hours, the resultant solid products are filtrated to remove the mother liquid and the filtrated solid products are washed with deionized water till the pH less than 10.5. After drying, an in-situ crystallized product of kaolin microspheres containing 40˜60 wt % of NaY molecular sieves and the ratio of silicon to aluminum being 3.5˜5.5 is obtained.

The key point of this invention lies in the addition of additives including starch, graphite powder, carboxymethyl cellulose or their mixture for adjusting the pore structures of the kaolin microspheres. The mechanism for such addition is that the starch, graphite powder and carboxymethyl cellulose can react with oxygen at high temperatures and certain gas is generated, and by escape, the gas helps to form abundant pores in the calcined microspheres so as to promote the pore structures of the microspheres. The addition of the additives to adjust the pore structure of the kaolin microspheres is about 2˜10 percent by mass of the kaolin, and preferably 3˜8%. Excessive addition will cause the structure to collapse, while insufficient addition can only lead to limited promotion to the pore structure and the effect is not significant.

The present invention increases the content of molecular sieves in kaolin in-situ crystallized product and simultaneously promotes the pore structure of the catalyst, so that it is predictable that catalytic cracking catalysts with high performance can be prepared with the crystallized product.

In light of the problems existing in preparation of high-content molecular sieve crystallized product with the raw material of kaolin by in-situ crystallization technology, the present invention not only provides a crystallized product with high-content molecular sieves, but also promotes the pore structure of the catalyst through the addition of some structural additives in pulping of kaolin clay, so as to provide potential possibility for the preparation of catalytic cracking catalysts with high-performance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the flow process chart for the preparation of in-situ crystallized product with high-content zeolite.

FIG. 2 is the XRD patterns for the two NaY molecular sieves, the crystallized NaY product with a relative crystallinity of 53% and silicon to aluminum ratio being 4.8 prepared by said method in example 9, and NaY molecular sieves synthesized by the gel method provided by example 4 of CN1180045A. FIG. 2 shows that the two products have the same XRD patterns.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following is further detailed embodiments according to the present invention with reference to the drawings in combination with unlimited specific examples.

The specifications and suppliers of the main raw materials according to this invention are:

Kaolin: Suzhou S-1 kaolin, produced by China Kaolin Inc., the median diameter is 3.2 μm; the contents of the crystallized kaolin and ferric oxide are respectively 82% and 0.74%; and the sum of sodium oxide and potassium is 0.35%.

Sodium silicate: SiO₂ 250 g/L, Na₂O 88 g/L, manufactured by Lanzhou Petrochemical Co.

Silica sol: SiO₂ 23.5□, manufactured by Lanzhou Petrochemical Co.

Pseudoboehmite: industrial product, produced by Shandong Aluminum Co. Ltd.

Starch: industrial product, produced by Wuwei Starch Mill of Gansu.

Graphite powder: chemically pure, produced by Xi'an Reagent Factory.

Carboxymethyl cellulose: industrial product, produced by Shanghai Qingdong Chemical Factory.

Directing agent: prepared with the method and conditions provided by CN1081425A, the synthesize ratio is 16SiO₂: Al₂O₃:16Na₂O:320H₂O (mole ratio).

The main analysis methods used in the examples are as shown in Table 1: TABLE 1 The Main Analysis Methods of the Invention Item Method Standard Code NaY's relative X-ray powder diffraction Q/SYLS 0596□2002 crystallinity method Ratio of silicon to X-ray powder diffraction Q/SYLS 0573□2002 aluminum of the NaY method Particle diameter Laser granulometer Q/SYLS 0519□2002

Examples 1-3 are preparation methods for kaolin sprayed microspheres.

EXAMPLE 1

With reference to FIG. 1, 1500 g of kaolin clay was incorporated with 2% of sodium silicate, 12% of silica sol, 1.4% of sodium hydroxide, 2% of starch, and 2% of carboxymenthyl cellulose, based on the mass of the kaolin. The deionized water was introduced to pulp the resultant into mixed slurry with a kaolin content being 33 wt %. The mixed slurry was sprayed and dried to get 1,540 g of kaolin sprayed microspheres SM1 with particle sizes of 20˜110 μm.

EXAMPLE 2

1500 g of kaolin clay was incorporated with 10% of sodium silicate, 7% of pseudoboehmite, 1.0% of sodium hydroxide, 5% of starch, and 2% of graphite powder, based on the kaolin's mass. The deionized water was introduced in to pulp the resultant into mixed slurry with a kaolin content being 40 wt %. The mixed slurry was sprayed and dried to get 1,610 g of kaolin sprayed microspheres SM2 with particle sizes of 20˜110 μm.

EXAMPLE 3

1,500 g of kaolin clay was incorporated with 6% of sodium silicate, 10% of aluminum sol, 1.2% of sodium hydroxide, 3% of graphite powder, 4% of starch, and 2% of carboxymenthyl cellulose (based on the kaolin's mass). The deionized water was introduced in to pulp the resultant into mixed slurry with a kaolin content being 47 wt %. The mixed slurry was sprayed and dried to get 1,532 g of kaolin sprayed microspheres SM3 with particle sizes of 20˜110 μm.

Examples 4-8 are methods for preparation of kaolin calcined microspheres.

EXAMPLE 4

The SM1 was divided into four parts: the first part was calcined at 930° C. for 2.6 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres SC1-1; the second part was calcined at 985° C. for 1.5 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres SC1-2; the third part was calcined at 730° C. for 2.8 hours to get meta kaolin microspheres SP1-1; and the forth part was calcined at 800° C. for 2.4 hours to get meta kaolin microspheres SP1-2.

EXAMPLE 5

The SM2 was divided into four parts: the first part was calcined at 920° C. for 2.6 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres SC2-1; the second part was calcined at 950° C. for 2.3 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres SC2-2; the third part was calcined at 780° C. for 2.0 hours to get meta kaolin microspheres SP2-1; and the forth part was calcined at 850° C. for 1.6 hours to get meta kaolin microspheres SP2-2.

EXAMPLE 6

The SM3 was divided into four parts, the first part was calcined at 960° C. for 2.0 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres SC3-1; the second part was calcined at 975° C. for 1.6 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres SC3-2; the third part was calcined at 750° C. for 2.2 hours to get meta kaolin microspheres SP3-1; and the forth part was calcined at 885° C. for 1.5 hours to get meta kaolin microspheres SP3-2.

Examples 7˜9 are preparations of crystallized microspheres with high-content NaY molecular sieves.

EXAMPLE 7

The calcined microspheres (Example 4) prepared with SM1 sprayed microspheres (Example 1) was used as the raw material for the preparation of crystallized microspheres with high-content NaY molecular sieves, and the corresponding conditions and results were shown in Table 2.

EXAMPLE 8

The calcined microspheres (Example 5) prepared with SM2 sprayed microspheres (Example 2) was used as the raw material for the preparation of crystallized microspheres with high-content NaY molecular sieves, and the results were shown in Table 2.

EXAMPLE 9

The calcined microspheres (Example 6) prepared with SM3 sprayed microspheres (Example 3) was used as the raw material for the preparation of crystallized microspheres with high-content NaY molecular sieves, and the results were shown in Table 2.

By the comparison of the crystallized product with a crystallinity of 53% and silicon-to-aluminum ratio of 4.8 prepared with the method according Example 9 to the NaY molecular sieves synthesized by gel method, FIG. 2 showed that they have the same XRD patterns.

COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE 1

The conventional technology for preparing the sprayed microspheres was used in the present example. Water was added into the kaolin clay with a median diameter of 3.2 μm so as to be pulped into slurry with a solid content of 35 wt %. By spraying, parent microspheres SM4 were obtained. A part of the parent microspheres was calcined in a muffle furnace at 940° C. for 3 hours to obtain high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres SC4, and the rest was calcined in muffle furnace at 870° C. for 1 hour to get meta kaolin microspheres SP4. The crystallized microspheres containing NaY molecular sieves were prepared, and the results were shown in Table 2.

COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE 2

The preparation of sprayed microspheres was the same with Comparative example 1, except that the calcinations conditions for the high-temperature calcined kaolin microspheres were 970° C. and 1.5 hours respectively while the calcination conditions for meta kaolin SP5 were 730° C. and 3 hours. The crystallized microspheres containing NaY molecular sieves were prepared, and the results were shown in Table 2.

The results of the examples and comparative examples show that the crystallized microspheres containing NaY molecular sieves prepared according to the present invention, compared to those prepared by conventional technologies, have advantages that the crystallized product contains significantly more NaY molecular sieves. TABLE 2 Preparation Results of In-situ Crystallized Microspheres with High-content Molecular Sieves Example No. Comparative example Example 7 Example 8 Example 9 1 2 Sprayed Microsphere No. SM1 SM2 SM3 SM4 Roasted High-Temp. Roasted SC1-1 SC1-2 SC2-1 SC2-2 SC3-1 SC3-2 SC4 SC5 Microsphere No. Microsphere No. Meta Kaolin SP1-1 SP1-2 SP2-1 SP2-2 SP3-1 SP3-2 SP4 SP5 Microsphere No. High-temp. Roasted Microsphere/Meta 0/100 80/20 40/60 50/50 30/70 100/0 80/20 40/60 Kaolin Microsphere g/g Water glass, mL 650 470 730 365 1230 876 360 730 Sodium hydroxide solution, mL 345 230 432 284 187 432 130 246 Deionized water, mL 78 85 64 33 135 120 47 123 Guide agent, mL 85 76 94 64 76 83 76 94 Crystallization time, h 28 22 26 24 20 32 22 26 Degree of crystallization, %(m/m) 59 44 56 48 53 41 25 30 Silicon to aluminum ratio, (mol/mol) 3.6 5.2 4.7 4.2 4.8 5.4 4.8 4.7 

1. A method for preparation of high-content NaY molecular sieves synthesized from kaolin sprayed microspheres, comprising the steps of: adding functional components and deionized water into kaolin so as to be pulped into mixed slurry; spraying and drying the mixed slurry to get kaolin sprayed microspheres; calcining and mixing said kaolin microspheres with directing agent for crystallization, collecting solid products by filtration and further washing filtrated solid products by deionized water and drying the same to obtain a final in-situ crystallized product with high content of molecular sieves; characterized in that said functional components comprise structural additives in an amount of about 2 to 10 percent by mass of the kaolin, and said structural additives are one or more of the starch, graphite powder, and carboxymenthyl cellulose(s).
 2. According to the method of claim 1, wherein the solid content of kaolin in the mixed slurry is about 30˜50 wt %, and the particle diameter of the kaolin sprayed microsphere obtained by spraying and drying is about 20˜110 μm.
 3. According to the method of claim 1, wherein the functional components further include bonding agent and mineralizer.
 4. According to the method of claim 1, wherein said kaolin including soft kaolin, hard kaolin and coal gangue in the median diameter of about 2.3˜3.5 μm has more than 80 wt % of crystal kaolin, less than 1.7 wt % of ferric oxide and less than 0.5 wt % of the sum of sodium oxide and potassium oxide.
 5. According to the method of claim 3, wherein said bonding agents include sodium silicate, silica sol, aluminum sol, the pseudoboehmite and the mixture thereof in an amount of 5˜17% based on the mass of the kaolin.
 6. According to the method of claim 3, wherein the mineralizer includes sodium hydroxide in an amount of 1˜1.5% based on the mass of the kaolin.
 7. According to the method of claim 1, wherein the directing agent has mole ratios of (14-16)SiO₂:(0.7-1.3)Al₂O₃:(14-16)Na₂O:(300-330)H₂O.
 8. According to the method of claim 1, wherein the kaolin is sprayed into microspheres, then the sprayed microspheres are calcined at a temperature between 700 and 1000□ for 1 to 3 hours; sodium silicate, directing agent, sodium hydroxide solution and deionized water are subsequently incorporated in; the obtained solid-liquid mixture is crystallized at a temperature between 90 and 95° C. for 16 to 36 hours, the resultant solid products are filtrated to remove the mother liquid, the filtrated solid products are washed with deionized water till the pH reaches less than 10.5, and then dried so as to obtain a final in-situ crystallized product of kaolin sprayed microspheres containing 40˜60% of NaY molecular sieve.
 9. According to the method of claim 1, wherein a part of the kaolin sprayed microspheres is calcined at a temperature between 920 and 1000° C. for 1 to 3 hours to get high-temperature calcined kaolin sprayed microspheres, the other part of said kaolin sprayed microspheres is calcined at a temperature between 700 and 900° C. for 1 to 3 hours to get meta kaolin sprayed microspheres; the both parts of kaolin sprayed microspheres mentioned above are mixed; sodium silicate, directing agent, sodium hydroxide solution and deionized water are subsequently incorporated in; the obtained solid-liquid mixture is crystallized at temperature between 90 and 95° C. for 16 to 36 hours; the resultant solid products are filtrated to remove the mother liquid and washed with deionized water till the pH less than 10.5 and then dried to obtain a final in-situ crystallized product of kaolin sprayed microspheres containing 40˜60% of NaY molecular sieves and the ratio of silicate to aluminum therein being 3.5˜5.5.
 10. According to the method of claim 8 or claim 9, wherein the directing agent has mole ratios of (14-16)SiO₂:(0.7-1.3)Al₂O₃:(14-16)Na₂O:(300-330)H₂O. 